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Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

Senior engineer on Reddit's Core Platform team building and scaling high-throughput APIs and media services. Requires 5+ years with large-scale distributed systems, Golang or Python experience, and media delivery expertise.

191k – 267k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop and design new and innovative solutions to scaling Reddit
  • Build platform API projects that scale to the rest of the organization
  • Mentor and coach more junior engineers on your direct team to achieve our mission
  • Build, deliver, and operate services that scale to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second at 5+ 9’s of availability
  • Help optimize Reddit’s media experience for hundreds of millions of users across the world

Requirements

  • Software development experience in Golang or Python
  • 5+ years of experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems
  • Excellent communication skills; partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
  • Familiarity with API platform service architectures
  • History of building clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Media delivery expertise from back end systems to the user; experience optimizing media performance, scalability, and delivery by improving different stages of the stack

Nice-to-Haves

  • Technical coaching and mentoring experience

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Global Benefit programs (workspace, professional development, caregiving support)
  • Family Planning Support
  • Gender-Affirming Care
  • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
  • Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
  • Generous Paid Parental Leave
  • Equity in the form of restricted stock units
  • Commission eligibility (depending on position)

Skills

GoPythonDistributed SystemsAPI DesignMedia DeliveryPerformance OptimizationScalabilityMentoringCode ReviewTesting

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